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Mona Wassef

Mona Wassef

Actor · Born 1942-02-09 · Damascus, First Syrian Republic [now Syria]

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Biography

Mona Wassef is a Syrian film and theatre actress who was born in Damascus in 1942. She is considered an icon in Arab cinema and a role model for many artists and has earned numerous nicknames including, “The First Star of Syria,” “Star of the Arab World,” and “Lady of the Syrian Screen.” Wassef's most famous early role was as Hind in the 1976 film “Al Ressala” (The Message) about the life of the prophet Mohammed. She has played the role of Bassam Kousa’s mother more than ten times in cinema and on television. In 2009, Wassef became the first Syrian woman to receive the Syrian Order of Merit-Excellent Degree. She has starred in more than 25 plays and 30 films, has appeared in nearly 200 television series and has received multiple life achievement awards from the Damascus Film Festival, Alexandria Film Festival and the International Arab Film Festival in Oran. She was married to the late director Mohammed Shaheen and they have one son, Ammar.

Movies & TV Shows

  1. The Message (1976) — Hind bint Utba
  2. Al Hayba (2017) — Nahed
  3. Omar (2012) — Al-Shifa bint Abdullah
  4. Bab Al-Hara (2006) — أم عبدالله - ضيفة شرف
  5. Hundred Faces for a Single Day (1972)
  6. Mawlana (2026) — جورية
  7. Al Hayba: The Movie (2022) — Nahed Omran
  8. Layali Al-Salehiya (2004) — أمينة
  9. Finally (2023) — والدة ياقوت
  10. The End of a Brave Man (1994) — ريم الشنكل
  11. Rijal Al-Izz (2011) — أم نوري
  12. Just Get Married! (2003) — Ramzis Mutter
  13. Algae (1990)
  14. Al-Yazerli (1974)
  15. The Mexican Hoax (1972) — زوجة تيسير
  16. The Adorable Thief (1970) — أبلة سميرة
  17. Al-Arrab 2: Taht Al-Hizam (2016)
  18. Small Hearts (2009)
  19. City Secrets (2000) — أم منصور
  20. We'll Meet Tomorrow (2015) — والدة تمام - ضيفة شرف
  21. Samra (2016) — راوية
  22. The Chief of Merchants' Daughter (2015) — أم راغب
  23. The Leader (2011) — العمة
  24. Tawq Al banat (2014)
  25. The Report (1986) — فلك
  26. The Memory of a Night of Love (1973)
  27. The World in 2000 (1972) — علا
  28. Al Hayba: The Documentary (2022)
  29. Menahi (2008) — أم مناحي
  30. Something Is Burning (1993) — Om Ramzy
  31. The Sun on a Cloudy Day (1985) — the Prostitute
  32. Love..For Life (1980) — أم إيناس
  33. Bikaya suar (1973) — زنوبة
  34. Al Urjouha (1976)
  35. The Two Friends (1970)
  36. Shadow of Silence (2006)
  37. Murder by Sequence (1982) — ليلى
  38. The Visit (2024)
  39. Imra'a Taskon Wahdaha (1971)
  40. Another Face of Love (1973)